A Contribution to the Establishment of Reference Architectures for Mobile Learning Environments

• Grant number: 12/04053-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): July 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Principal Investigator: Ellen Francine Barbosa
• Grantee: Nemésio Freitas Duarte Filho
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The development and use of computing environments to support teaching and learning, together with the evolution of mobile computing, have contributed significantly to the establishment of a new category of education, known as mobile learning or mobile learning (m-learning). In this new scenario, the existing learning environments, despite the benefits and facilities provided, present problems and challenges that need to be studied and analyzed. One of the issues to be addressed concerna to the establishment and adoption of architectural standards. In fact, most of these environments are built in isolation, having their own structures and architectures, which can negatively impact the ability of standardization and reuse. Our research fits into this context, having as the main goal to investigate and define a service-oriented reference architecture for mobile learning environments. This architecture, initially named Ref-mlearning, aims at contributing to the evolution and reuse of such environments, improving the quality and reducing the costs during their development. Ref-mlearning will be developed according to systematic processes for defining reference architectures and should be evaluated and validated by conducting case studies using, for instance, inspection checklist and application of methods for evaluating architecture.

Scientific publications

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FALVOJR, VENILTON; MARCOLINO, ANDERSON DA SILVA; DUARTE FILHO, NEMESIO FREITAS; OLIVEIRAJR, EDSON; BARBOSA, ELLEN FRANCINE. Development and Evaluation of a Software Product Line for M-Learning Applications. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, v. 28, n. 10, p. 29-pg., 2022-01-01. (12/04053-9)

Academic Publications

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DUARTE FILHO, Nemésio Freitas. A contribution to the establishment of a reference architecture for mobile learning environments. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.